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Pleurodesis
Meaning
Noun
●
In Surgery:
The production of
adhesions
in the
pleural cavity
,
typically
by the use of
sclerosing
agents
or
surgical
abrasion
, used especially in the treatment of
recurrent
pneumothorax
,
pleural
effusion
and chylothorax.
The
condition
created
by this
procedure
:
adhesion
between the
parietal
and
visceral
pleurae.
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Related
Polypectomy
Thoracentesis
Rhymes
Myodesis
Tenodesis
Pleurodesis
Arthrodesis
Pericardiodesis
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